- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
Knowing The Word in Genesis 18:1-15, The Lord Appears
1 And the Lord appeared [editorial comment for our benefit to make us aware] to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his...
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Knowing The Word in Genesis 17:15-27, Isaac's Birth Promised
15 And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name [an alternative...
- Mar 30, 2022
- 3 min
Knowing The Word in Genesis 17:1-14, The Covenant of Circumcision
The structure of chapter 17: A Abram is 99 (1a) B The Lord appears (1ba) C God speaks (1bb) D The first speech (1bc-2) E Abram falls on...
- Mar 28, 2022
- 2 min
Knowing The Word in Genesis 16:7-16, The Angel of the Lord Intervenes
7 The angel of the Lord [God intervenes] found her by a spring of water [a well where men often encounter women in the OT] in the...
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Knowing The Word in Genesis 16:1-6, Hagar and Sarai the Horrible
1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. [This is the main issue for Sarai, who is expected to be part of God’s promise of...
- Mar 24, 2022
- 2 min
Knowing The Word in Genesis 15:7-21, Animals to Sacrifice for a Covenant
7 And he [God] said to him [Abram], “I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”8 But...